Landfall

The Stars Like Sand

The Stars Like Sand: Australian Speculative Poetry is a well-reviewed 2014 anthology of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror poetry that I co-edited with P. S. Cottier. You can buy The Stars Like Sand from Amazon.com as a paperback or Kindle ebook.

Men Briefly Explained

Men Briefly Explained is my 2011 poetry collection that explains men, briefly. You can buy Men Briefly Explained from Amazon.com as a paperback or Kindle ebook.

My Library from LibraryThing

About Me

I'm a writer, editor, anthologist, and now blogger who was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England and moved to New Zealand with my family when I was 2.
I grew up on the West Coast and in Southland, then went to Dunedin to go to Otago University before moving to Wellington in 1993. I'm married with one child.
I'm juggling the writing of poetry, short fiction and novels, working part time, trying to be a good husband and father, and working hard to get New Zealand to take effective action on climate change - not to mention all the other problems the world faces. Life is busy!

31 December 2014

Electronica is a genre I've never listened to much, but I found myself beginning to enjoy it more in 2014. This was partly due to picking up on the 20th anniversary of Underworld's classic Dubnobasswithmyheadman album.

Here is "Rez/Cowgirl":

Of the bands I heard perform the one year I went to Campalowhum, near Wainuiomata, the best was Sleep ∞ Over (Stefanie Franciotti), who performed in a forest glade - just right for music like "Romantic Streams":

Shyfx is best known as a drum and bass and jungle producer, which isn't really my territory, but an excursion into reggae produced this wonderful and ineffably summery song, "Soon Come":

This is an excellent issue with stories from these New Zealand and overseas authors:

Elizabeth Farris, The OssuaryMaggie Rainey-Smith, Turning the WormsSteven Gowin, Earthquake WeatherBrenda Anderson, Can We Get You Anything?Tim Jones, OfficialsMaris O’Rourke, Cast-offsKeith Nunes, With Her Eyes OpenAnnette Edwards-Hill, A Life Well LivedFrank Beyer, Under the TurnstylePaul Beckman, Color Coordination RulesHeather McQuillen, The Stick, the Boy and the ShellRita Shelley, Vested InterestPatrick Pink, The Hurt That’s BloodMike Crowl, The MemorialSteve Charters, Letting GoCeline Gibson, ConstancyMichael Webb, Game OverGail Ingram, AorakiD R Jones, Yeah, NahAdam J Wolstenholme, Down Goes His LordshipHelen Moat, Danger ZoneFortunato Salazar, OctoberLouise Miller, Three WomenAndrew Stancek, Corn ChowderNancy Stohlman, The Fortune TellerRupprecht Mayer, At HomeThere is also a feature by Rachel Fenton:This month Flash Frontier‘s Rachel Fenton bows out of her role as Features Editor and inter[e]views Frances Gapper, author of The Tiny Key. Also this month, poet and short fiction writer Valerie Sirr leads us through a blind criticism and flash enthusiast David James recommends his favourite shorts by other writers. We end with a piece about craft from flash editor Jamez Chang.You can read the fiction here and the feature here. It's a great way to round out the year!